By Adam A. Millsap, Assistant Director of the L. Charles Hilton Jr. Center at Florida State University Occupational licensing is under fire in states across the country. Both the Obama and Trump administrations have pushed the case for reform, and the Federal Trade Commission recently created a taskforce to [...]

By: John Towey, Ave Maria University Campus Representative, The James Madison Institute It was about 20 years ago, just as Florida and the rest of the world prepared to enter the next millennium, that Floridians from all corners of the state took to the ballot box to redirect the [...]

By Logan Elizabeth Padgett, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, The James Madison Institute Earlier this year, President Trump signed Executive Order 13828, which directs federal agencies to reform welfare programs with key goals to move more able-bodied adults from welfare to work, crack down on welfare fraud, and [...]

By Daniel Peterson, Senior Fellow, The James Madison Institute The 2018 elections will decide… “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Every American should recognize these words penned by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence. What many Americans do not know is that he borrowed these words from [...]

On March 16, 2018, JMI celebrated the 267th birthday of the institute’s namesake, James Madison. This Founding Father is well-known far and wide, and rightfully so. After all, he was the principal architect of the U.S. Constitution and its Bill of Rights, he co-authored the Federalist Papers, and he [...]

By: F. Vincent Vernuccio, senior fellow, Mackinac Center for Public Policy and senior policy adviser, State Policy Network; Chantal Lovell, director of strategic communications, State Policy Network. Over half the country has laws on the books protecting workers from being fired for not paying union dues, and now a [...]

Naomi Lopez Bauman, Director of Healthcare Policy, The Goldwater Institute The Maldanado family is the kind of Florida family we might imagine when we think about achieving the American dream. As small business owners, the family founded and runs a small but stable computer repair and IT support company. [...]

Jason Gonzalez, Managing Partner, Shutts & Bowen Ask 100 Floridians to identify a major upcoming event that will have the most significant impact on our state for the next generation. You will get dozens of different answers. All of them will probably be wrong. Change is coming to Florida [...]

By Sal Nuzzo There’s an ancient proverb that states, “May you live in interesting times.” Regardless of one’s philosophical ideology, I think we can all agree that the times are, in fact, quite interesting. I am reminded of something a friend told me recently: “think about going back in [...]

Florida Elections — 2018 Among the Doozies!By Dr. Ed H. Moore, President, ICUFFlorida politics have always been colorful. From yellow dogs to blue dogs, red waves to blue tides, we have always proven our state to be much more than meets the eye when it comes to both entertainment and [...]